On Thursday 16 February, the Court of Justice of the European Union held that the transfer of an asylum seeker to another member state should be suspended if it entails a real risk of significantly and irredeemably worsening the health of the asylum seeker.
The Court made this point in a case (C-578/16 PPU) directly related to the migration crisis and, more particularly, to the “Balkans route”, which has now been closed. A Syrian/Egyptian couple entered EU territory by way of visas...